CN102700765B - folding apparatus - Google Patents

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CN102700765B
CN102700765B CN201110319049.XA CN201110319049A CN102700765B CN 102700765 B CN102700765 B CN 102700765B CN 201110319049 A CN201110319049 A CN 201110319049A CN 102700765 B CN102700765 B CN 102700765B
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks
    • B65B5/026—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks for making trays
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/24—Enclosing bottles in wrappers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B49/00—Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
    • B65B49/14—Folders forming part of, or attached to, conveyors for partially-wrapped articles

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a kind of folding apparatus for upwards being turned down by the external packing fishplate bar being used for article (20), described folding apparatus comprises at least one conveyer chain (3,3 *) and at least one is the mode of pivoting action can be arranged on conveyer chain (3,3 *) on and the folding finger (1,11) guided by described conveyer chain and be positioned at and folding refer to (1,11) and conveyer chain (3,3 *) between for conveyer chain (3,3 *) direction change and deflect the folding connecting device (12,13) referring to (1,11) of pivotable relatively.Be set as follows in this case, that is, connecting device (12,13) has the guide for being gone out from the lifting of transmission plane by object.The article that fall down especially the blocking and consequent consequent malfunction of bottle can be stoped according to folding apparatus of the present invention.

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Folding apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of folding apparatus for upwards being turned down by the fishplate bar of the external packing being used for article, described folding apparatus comprise at least one for carry the conveyer chain of external packing and at least one with can the mode of pivoting action be arranged on folding finger that is on described conveyer chain and that guided by described conveyer chain and between folding finger and conveyer chain for change with the direction of described conveyer chain and/or deflecting the connecting device folding described in pivotable relatively and refer to.
Background technology
Usually most identical product mixes got up in packaging industry and be packaged in a carton, be arranged in pellet type equipment or like this.For this reason, the cardboard blank of corresponding pre-batch manufacturing is used.Product is such as put together in the mode expected, cardboard blank is located, and subsequently by the folding and set around product of cardboard blank, method such as: pieces of paperboard is overlapped mutually bonding or like this.
In order to by before pallet and lower connecting plate below upwards folding, such as US4642967A disclose jointly be arranged in around conveyer chain on maintenance refer to and fold finger.
In addition, US3555776 shows a kind of for the machine around one group of item configuration pallet.Described machine has the leading folding finger for upwards being turned down by front cardboard fishplate bar and is used for the follow-up folding finger that upwards turned down by back cardboard fishplate bar, described folding finger be arranged in around conveyer chain on.
Normally, by the said equipment, bottle is put together in carton or on the equipment of similar pallet.Following problem may be there is in this case, that is, such as due to the cardboard blank etc. of disappearance or mistake, single bottle be fallen down, and then carry on a moving belt individually.Described folding finger passes transmission plane by below, and disappears in again below transmission plane after folding process.The bottle of single overturning may be clipped in folding finger and refer between conveyer chain disposed thereon with folding, and causes the extensive damage on machine like this.
The folding device with folding finger 1 known by prior art and described problem are illustrated in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3.
Folding finger 1 and connecting device 2 (with reference to Fig. 1) is arranged in two runnings adjacent one another are, between the conveyer chain 3 of the conveyor surface that is configured for cardboard blank and location bottle 20 thereon, 3*, and only to anchor in two conveyer chains 3,3*.The motion of the second conveyer chain 3* can have nothing to do with the motion of the first conveyer chain 3.In particular, the second conveyer chain is not connected with the coupling mechanism of the first conveyer chain 3.
Conveyer chain 3,3* are furnished with flat cardboard (so-called pad) or with around the flat cardboard (so-called charging tray) on limit, described cardboard is also equipped with bottle 20.The diameter D of the bottle 20 that the interval width W comparability between the chain 3 of two runnings adjacent one another are is carried on cardboard is less, thus make from cardboard fall and fall the bottle 20 of conveyer chain to 3,3* can partly be retained in two conveyer chains 3,3* upper and/or between (Fig. 2).Then, described bottle 20 is carried together until folding and bonding section 3, the end of 3*.
In the end of chain 3,3*, folding finger 1 pivotable forward (Fig. 3).When bottle 20 is thin especially or bottleneck 22 towards folding finger 1 time, so folding finger 1 can be pressed onto on bottle 20.In this case, bottle 20 is pressed towards the adjacent members of folding apparatus (output transition piece), and stops the motion referring to 1, and then also stops the motion of chain 3,3*.
This especially causes following damage: adjacent component, especially output transition piece bend.In addition, refer to that the coupling mechanism 2 of 1 can transship equally and bend.Chain-drive CD-ROM drive motor can be transshipped and reported failures.
All three kinds of situations need machine operator to get involved.The physical damage meaning machine down has been caused, because the element of damage must be changed before first two situation.Also must there is corresponding refill-unit and professional for this reason, or perform expensive purchasing procedure.In addition, lacked manufacturer's adjustment of transition piece when described damage, this causes consequent malfunction aperiodically, and in described fault, bottle also can fall down.
Summary of the invention
Task of the present invention is, stops article especially the blocking and consequent consequent malfunction of bottle of falling down.
Task of the present invention is solved by a kind of folding apparatus for upwards being turned down by the fishplate bar of the external packing being used for article, described folding apparatus comprise at least one for carry the conveyer chain of external packing and at least one with can the mode of pivoting action be arranged on folding finger that is on described conveyer chain and that guided by described conveyer chain and between folding finger and conveyer chain for change with the direction of described conveyer chain and/or deflecting the connecting device folding described in pivotable relatively and refer to, it is characterized in that, described folding apparatus has the guide for being gone out from the lifting of transmission plane by article, wherein, described guide is configured to protruding rake, and wherein, described guide part pair belongs to described folding finger and/or described connecting device.
The present invention relates to a kind of for the manufacture of for article external packing, be particularly useful for manufacturing around the folding apparatus of the paperboard overwrap of the container of putting together, bottle or analogue.Such folding apparatus comprises at least one conveyer chain, preferably at least one conveyer chain pair, for carrying external packing, and such as paperboard conveying blank or analogue and article in groups disposed thereon.
In order to upwards be turned down by the opposite side of external packing, described folding apparatus comprises each folding finger before at least one and folding finger below in addition.Folding finger is like this guided by least one in the right conveyer chain of conveyer chain by connecting device such as pitman.Described connecting device causes described folding finger to remain in desired (vertical) orientation in the beginning of folding and bonding process with between terminating.Before the pitman of folding finger above (deviating from external packing ground) is positioned at folding finger above.After the pitman of folding finger below (deviating from external packing ground) is positioned at folding finger below, thus described pitman is never collided with external packing to be folded.
According to the present invention, described connecting device constructs as follows, that is, described connecting device stretches out from transmitting plane at least in part on the side that folding finger is opposite with bundle to be folded.In particular, the connecting device being connected to finger upwards expands.Form guide thus, described guide can such as be configured to protruding rake described guide/protruding rake at lower contact to the article be positioned on conveyer chain and by its upwards lifting.According to preferred embodiment, the protruding rake for dividing a word with a hyphen at the end of a line forward is arranged on the pitman of folding finger above, and the protruding rake for dividing a word with a hyphen at the end of a line backward is arranged on the pitman of folding finger below.Guide in other words protruding rake preferably designs in the following manner, that is, make not only to receive bottle, container or other article, also receives all types of object, foreign matter, cardboard residual.This may also be such as should be contained in packaging but the data carrier of separating with packaging due to fault or analogue.Falling in transmission plane to stop such object such as data carrier (such as CD-ROM) and block at this place or may cause other fault, guide is provided with the lifting portion exceeding and transmit plane.
Preferably, described protruding rake forms acute angle with transmission plane.Thus, Individual Items are as the lifting can getting away to side at least in part of the bottle of such as overturning.So, on the track of folding finger, just obstacle is not had.
If described article transmit the end of plane be still positioned at around one or more conveyer chains on, so described article are with following degree lifting, namely, described article no longer can be clipped in folding to be referred between adjacent members (output transition piece) because described article by the protruding rake lifting of connecting device must compare that folding finger gets at higher.The situation of damaging by pressure is got rid of thus.
According to as alternative embodiment, the folding finger used can self have protruding rake and be configured to guide.At this, can realize equally according to advantage of the present invention, especially to the prevention crushed of the article fallen down bottle or other object or foreign matter in other words.
Can be used as alternative embodiment according to other, relatively transmit the acutangulate protruding rake of plane structure anchor at independently around finger chain on.
Folding apparatus with protruding rake can be applicable in all external packing folders, is especially applied in the cardboard folding machine with the folding finger driven by pitman.Described equipment also comprises coupling mechanism, and the pitman of described coupling mechanism does not anchor at least one chain referred to of carrying, but is such as guided by plunger member.
According to other embodiment, described folding apparatus anchor at around conveyer chain on.Replace second around conveyer chain ground, be provided with static component, such as induction element is as base plate or guide rail etc., and described external packing guides along described guiding piece on described induction element.
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Below, embodiments of the invention and advantage thereof should be explained further by accompanying drawing.In figure, each elements relative dimension scale relation each other does not always meet real dimension scale relation, because simplify some shapes, and other shapes illustrate relative to other element enlargedly in order to illustrate better.
Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 illustrates according to the folding finger of known prior art and the folding arrangement referred on the connecting device on conveyer chain.
Fig. 4 to Fig. 6 illustrates the arrangement of folding device according to the present invention on conveyer chain.
Detailed description of the invention
Consistent Reference numeral is used for element that is identical or that play phase same-action of the present invention.In addition, for clarity, the Reference numeral for introducing needed for corresponding figure is only shown in the various figures.Illustrated embodiment is only according to equipment of the present invention or the example that can how to design according to method of the present invention, is not closed restriction.
Fig. 4 illustrates according to folding device 10 of the present invention, this folding device is used for being applied in folding cardboard equipment (not shown), be particularly useful for carton external packing, so-called charging tray or the upwards turnover of cardboard fishplate bar before throughput direction TR of other analogue.Folding device 10 is made up of folding finger 11, and described folding finger is arranged on connecting device 12.Connecting device 12 is also referred to as pitman 13 and drive connection to refer to 11.According to the present invention, connecting device 12 upwards and expand on the throughput direction TR of chain 3.Thus, protruding rake A wedge is in other words formed.Described protruding rake A by lower contact to the bottle 20 (not shown, referring to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6) be positioned on conveyer chain 3,3*, and bottle described in lifting.
Fig. 5 shows the lifting of the bottle 20 between conveyer chain 3,3* by the connecting device 12 built according to the present invention, and Fig. 6 illustrates the situation when folding finger 11 slips into below conveyer chain 3,3* again in the end of conveyer chain 3,3*.
Bottle 20 only also has sub-fraction between conveyer chain 3,3*, and in the end 3 of chain, 3* to be in side direction from chain 3,3* is rolled down.If bottle 20 should not rolled down, so it still can not press to the adjacent component exporting transition piece by folding finger 11 from the top down because bottle 20 lifting must compare that finger 11 upwards gets at higher.Thereby eliminating the situation of damaging by pressure (referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 3) as is well-known in the prior art.
The present invention is introduced with reference to preferred embodiment.But to those skilled in the art it is contemplated that can modify to the present invention or change, and do not depart from the protection domain of following claim at this.
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1 folding finger
2 connecting devices/connecting device
3,3* conveyer chain
10 folding devices
11 folding fingers
12 connecting devices
13 pitmans
20 bottles
22 bottlenecks
The protruding rake of A
D diameter
TR throughput direction
W width

Claims (7)

1. the folding apparatus for the fishplate bar of the external packing being used for article (20) is upwards turned down, described folding apparatus comprises at least one for carrying the conveyer chain (3 of external packing, 3*) be arranged on described conveyer chain (3 with at least one in the mode of energy pivoting action, 3*) and folding finger (1 that is that guided by described conveyer chain, 11) and be positioned at and folding refer to (1, 11) with conveyer chain (3, 3*) for described conveyer chain (3, direction 3*) changes and/or deflects folding finger (1 described in pivotable relatively, 11) connecting device (12, 13), it is characterized in that, described folding apparatus has the guide for being gone out from the lifting of transmission plane by article, wherein, described guide is configured to protruding rake (A), and wherein, described guide part pair belongs to described folding finger (1, 11) and/or described connecting device (12, 13).
2. folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, described guide is arranged in the region of described connecting device (12,13), and independent of described connecting device.
3. folding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, before described protruding rake (A) is arranged in described connecting device (12,13) when folding finger (1,11) above along throughput direction.
4. folding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, after described protruding rake (A) is arranged in described connecting device when folding finger below along throughput direction.
5. folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the longitudinal direction of the relatively described transmission plane of described protruding rake (A) constructs with acutangulating.
6. folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, described article (20) can exceed described folding finger (1,11) by described guide lifting.
7. folding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, described folding finger (1,11) and described connecting device (12) forming unit.
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